Quick dispatch from California
I've been in California this week for Fortune's Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference. An offshoot from the grown-up Most Powerful Women conference, this one …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
The 2016 literary Advent calendar
Two years ago, I started a new tradition in my house: the literary Advent calendar. Each night during December, my kids unwrap a Christmas story …Read More
Thanksgiving
I have been sick for about two straight weeks now. The illness keeps evolving. First a cold, now it's something involving a headache and sore …Read More
5 ways to hold the line at 40 hours
While many people think of a full-time job as 40 hours a week, white collar jobs can vary wildly in their requirements. In the past, …Read More
Revising (a NaNoWriMo update)
For the past two years, I've participated in National Novel Writing Month, a 30-day challenge that requires you to write a 50,000-word novel during November. …Read More
An expensive T-shirt, but cheap coats
After the painful ordeal of running a half-marathon in 84 degree heat in June, I had decided to take a time-out on races. While I …Read More
The 2016 holiday fun list
Time passes whether we think about how we are spending it or not. Since the holidays tend to be relatively busy (or "full" to use …Read More
How to manage sick days (yours or otherwise)
The onset of winter has a depressing tendency to bring illness to my house. I've got a cold right now that will not quit, and …Read More
Need a lot of sleep? How to cope
I have been tracking my time for the last 19 months. When I ran the calculations on the first 12 months, I discovered I was …Read More
Reader time makeover: Adding exercise and writing to an incredibly full life
Whenever I poll audiences about what they'd like to spend more time doing, exercise almost always comes out on top. Push a little bit more, …Read More